First 8 Chapters of Frederick Douglass
...ent ways. For one, he was not punished for the many things he did wrong and additionally she taught him the alphabet. While living there he found out the secret to being a controlling slave owner, and that was to keep the slaves uneducated, because otherwise they would be unhappy and unmanageable. Douglass wasn’t going to let that stop him, so he began to learn how to read and write, which I think is a great accomplishment for a slave. Another thing that he has been through is seeing his fellow slaves, and even his family punished cruelly and with no sympathy. I just don’t see how people could be so heartless. Even though, Douglass is still doing an outstanding job of keeping out of trouble and learning to read and write. All in all, everything that has been written has included no errors in my opinion. ...